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Zoom Rooms on Mac or PC has digital signage option and operation time settings. As such, Zoom Rooms should not be placed in Screen Saver or Sleep/Power Saver mode.
WindowsDisable Screen Saver:
- Open the Control Panel
- Double-click on the display icon
- Click the screen saver tab
- Select (None) as the screen saver choice.
Disable Energy Saver Mode:
- Go to Windows Start button, and click ‘Control Panel’
- Go to ‘System and Security’ then click ‘Power Options’
- Click ‘Choose when to turn off the display’
- Set ‘Turn off the display’ and ‘Put the Computer to sleep’ to ‘Never’
- Click ‘Save Changes’
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Open Power Options by clicking the Windows Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Security, and then clicking Power Options.
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On the Select a power plan page, click Change plan settings next to the selected plan.
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On the Change settings for the plan page, click Change advanced power settings.
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On the Advanced settings tab, double-click Sleep, double-click Sleep after, and then do one of the following:
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Click Setting, click the arrow, and then click Never.
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Double-click Hibernate after, and then do one of the following:
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Click Setting, click the arrow, and then click Never.
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If you also want the display to stay turned on, double-click Display, double-click Turn off display after, and then do one of the following:
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Click Setting, click the arrow, and then click Never.
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Click OK, and then click Save changes.
- Go to Windows Start Menu, and choose ‘Settings’
- Choose ‘System’ and then ‘Power & sleep’
- Select ‘Never’ under both options for both Screen and Sleep.
Scheduled Restart:
- Go to Windows Start Menu, and type taskschd.msc is start search and hit Enter to open the Task Scheduler.
- In the right panel, click on Create Basic Task.
- Give it name and a description if you wish and click Next.
- When asked When do you want the task to start, select Weekly. Click Next.
- Select the Start date and time. (i.e. Sunday between 2:00-4:00)
- Clicking Next will bring you to the Action page. Here select Start a program and click on Next.
- Here type "shutdown" under "Program/Script:" then add shutdown/r or shutdown /g in the Add arguments box. If you want the shutdown to commence after say 60 sec, type 60 instead of 0 here.
- Click Next to review all and finally click Finish. Your computer will shutdown at the designated day and time.
MacDisable Screen Saver:
- Click on the Apple menu on the top left of screen and select System Preferences
- Then click on the Desktop & Screen Saver panel and select the Screen Saver tab
- Select No Screen Saver
Disable Energy Saver Mode:
- Go to Spotlight Search on the top right corner of your desktop
- Find "Energy Saver"
- Set your computer and display sleep modes to Never
- Make sure Power Nap is not selected
Scheduled Restart:
We also recommend that you schedule a periodic (bi-weekly, monthly) restart of the Mac Mini (say at 300am).
- Go to System Preferences > Energy Saver
- Click on Schedule on the bottom right
- Select Restart > Weekly > Time
